Lawyers often claim on behalf of their clients to be ‘reserving the right’ to do something. The Respondent reserves its right to amend its ET3…
When you’re reading or skimming argumentative essays… here is a quick trick that may save you much time and effort, especially in this age of…
1. In this skeleton argument, references to pages of the core bundle will be in square brackets, in bold print, with the prefix “core.” References…
The primary aim of written submissions to persuade the Judge to decide in your favour. This means doing two things. First, explaining your case (both…
This isn’t a legal tip, but it is very useful. If you write a lot, particularly if you write the same thing a lot, it…
A client recently told me he thought a document I had drafted for him sounded ‘smug.’ I was momentarily a bit miffed, of course. But…
The American Bar Association makes all of the merits briefs to the US Supreme court available online. Don’t rush off to read them if you’re…
During the course of litigation, you will have to refer to the parties, in letters, written submissions and so on. There are basically two ways…
Legal writing generally involves discussing authority, in the form of case-law or statutes. To make this easier, lawyers have developed a system of citation —…
The life of an employment judge is not an easy one. (This conclusion is not based on direct personal experience or a statistically robust survey,…